Hot Apps in Eugene, Oregon

[Greg Babinski]

Get Ready for the KOOL GIS Event of 2008

?Hot Apps on a Cool Winters Day?

Playing at the Lane Community College in Eugene
4000 East 30th Avenue

Friday, March 7th

Sponsored by Oregon & Southwest Washington URISA

Each year Oregon & Southwest Washington URISA puts on an event feature free training and showcasing applications developed by members. This year?s event will be conducted at Lane Community College in Eugene. The event offers a unique opportunity to improve your GIS skills, to see how others are applying advanced technologies, and to have some fun and relaxation. We hope you join us and participate in the many planned activities.

Event Schedule
Friday: March 7th
? 8:30 ? 9: Welcome and Introductions
? 9 ? 12: Free professional GIS Training:
o Open Source GIS workshop (see outline below) with Paul Ramsey of Refractions Research
 Bring your laptop: Lane CC has hi-speed wireless
? 12 ? 1: Lunch hosted by Oregon URISA
? 1 ? 2: Annual Oregon URISA Business Meeting
o President?s and Treasurer?s Reports
o A spirited election of 2008 Oregon URISA Chapter Officers
? 2 ? 4: Hot Apps Presentations
An afternoon spent viewing the Hottest Apps developed in our region.
? 4 ? 5: Social Mixer (first drink complimentary)
Enjoy your favorite beverage while networking.

Please reserve now to assure your participation. The Friday GIS Training and Hot Apps event will be capped at 100 individuals so get your reservations in early. Hold your spot by e-mailing your reservation form to Keith Massie, keith.massie@cityofmedford.org. Contact Keith with any questions you may have about this event.
Open Source GIS Workshop

* Theory of open source
- Why people do it
- Why people use it
- What are the advantages and disadvantages
- What is the history and future

* Web based geospatial
- Components and architecture
- Open source options and proprietary equivalents
- Our architecture for the day

* Our data for the day

* Mapserver
- Theory of operation
- Simple map files
- Thematic map files
- Labeling
- Scale dependency
- Rules of internet map generation

* WMS
- Theory and history
- Supported products
- Mapfile parameters
- Examples

* Openlayers
- Theory and history
- Simple Openlayers
- Openlayers with WMS

* Tilecache
- Theory and history
- Set-up against WMS
- Openlayers and Tilecache

* Google Maps
- API and restrictions
- Using Tilecache and Mapserver with GMaps API